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Five Kingdom Classification

ICSE · Class 9 · Biology

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Classification Basics and Species Concept

  • Species: Organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring (e.g., all humans belong to Homo sapiens)
  • Classification hierarchy: Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class → Phylum → Kingdom
  • Examples of interbreeding: Horse × Donkey = Mule (sterile), Tiger × Lion = Tigon (sterile)
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Evolution from Two Kingdom to Five Kingdom System

  • Old system (Linnaeus): Only Plantae and Animalia kingdoms
  • Problems with old system: Bacteria have no chlorophyll but were called plants, Euglena has both plant and animal features
  • Five Kingdom system solves these problems by creating separate kingdoms
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Kingdom Monera - The Prokaryotes

  • Includes all bacteria and blue-green bacteria (cyanobacteria)
  • Single-celled organisms without organized nucleus
  • No membrane-bound organelles like mitochondria or chloroplasts
4

Kingdom Protista - Single-celled Eukaryotes

  • Single-celled organisms with organized nucleus (eukaryotic)
  • Include both autotrophic (Chlamydomonas) and heterotrophic (Amoeba, Paramecium) forms
  • Some can move (Amoeba with pseudopodia, Paramecium with cilia)

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A species is a groupClassification levels from lowest to highestThe modern classification divides all livingProkaryotic cells (found in Monera) haveVertebrates are animals with a backbone

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